aerial view

The light green roofs running through the center of the photo are the shops along Nakamise.

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Two Fishermen and a Goddess – The Senso-ji Temple

June 6th 2017
It all starts with a story about two men in a boat… It begins on the morning of March 18, 628 AD when the brothers Hinokuma Hamanari and Takenari caught a small golden statue of the Buddhist bodhisattva Kannon in their nets while fishing in the Sumida River. They tried to drop it back in the river, but it kept coming up so they decided to keep it. When they returned to the village, they showed ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Akasaka

In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more

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